In the UK and the Netherlands The Pirate Bay is widely censored, but that doesn't mean the site is entirely unavailable. In fact, The Pirate Bay is enjoying the whack-a-mole game they're playing. After several ISPs added the site's new IP-address to their filters, the infamous torrent site has just added another, plus an IPv6 address. Meanwhile, the site's operators are wondering how much court filings cost each time an IP address has to be blocked.

Copyright holders around the world are growing increasingly annoyed with The Pirate Bay.

After expensive legal battles they managed to get ISPs to block the site in the UK, the Netherlands and elsewhere. But despite these orders the BitTorrent site remains widely available. To make matters even worse, the increased media attention has boosted the site’s visitor count.

Besides the many proxy sites that exists, The Pirate Bay team found out that simply adding a new IP-address circumvents the blockades as well. They added 194.71.107.80 last month, which allowed subscribers to access the site again, for a while.

Responding to the move, Dutch anti-piracy group BREIN had to return to court again to get the new IP-address added to the filter. They succeeded, but now that the ISPs have started to block this address, The Pirate Bay has responded by adding a new one today.

“We wonder what it costs BREIN to file for these injunctions, as we have hundreds more IPs we can add,” the Pirate Bay team told us jokingly.

In the UK, where the procedure to add new domains and IP-addresses is part of a “”private agreement,” it’s no different. Virgin Media recently expanded their filter and blocked the .80 address. However, affected subscribers can now access the site via .81, circumventing the blockade.

And that’s not all.

The Pirate Bay team informs TorrentFreak that they have added an IPv6 address as well, opening a can of new unblocking options. As none of the court orders lists IPv6-addresses, using a compatible connection should re-enable access the site. Not to mention the IPv6 -> IPv4 tunnels that become fully operational proxies now.

The above once again shows that it’s virtually impossible to completely prevent people from accessing The Pirate Bay. There are simply too many options for people to route around the blockades.

Worst of all for the copyright holders, The Pirate Bay team appears to be enjoying themselves.

In The UK O2 said it will start blocking access to The Pirate Bay tonight, but this blockade will already be outdated when it goes online. BT, the last ISP to comply to the court order, is expected to follow suit later.